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{{Newspaperbox 
|Title= The Invisible Thief
|image= [[Image:ms-19581207.jpg|250px|border]]
|Start= December 7th, 1958
|End= March 15th, 1959
|Strips= 15 (15 weeks)
|Writer= [[Lee Falk]]
|Artist= [[Phil Davis]]
|Preceded= "[[The Birthday Party]]"
|Followed= "[[The Watcher]]"
|}}
'''"The Invisible Thief"''' is the 77th Mandrake [[Sunday story]]. 
The story was written by [[Lee Falk]] and drawn by [[Phil Davis]].

== Plot Summary ==
The police is baffled by mysterious daylight robberies, committed by an invisible thief.

===Appearances===
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'''Recurring characters'''
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Narda]]
*[[Chief Bradley|The Police Chief]]

'''One-time characters'''
*Michael, a bank clerk.
*The invisible thief, an inventor.
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'''Locations'''
*New York City
**[[S.S. Dept.|S.S. Div.]]
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==Behind the scenes==
*At the [http://www.deepwoods.org deepwoods.org] index the title for this story is '''"The Invisible Thief"''', which is lifted from the plot.

== Signifiant covers ==
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Ilvascellomandrake-02-027.jpg|[[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy
Mandrake FP 216.jpg|[[Image:mini_nz.png]] New Zealand
Ciclone 013.jpg|[[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal
</gallery>

== Reprints ==
This story has been published in the following publications:

=== [[Image:mini_finland.gif]] Finland ===
*"Näkymätön varas", [[Mustanaamio 6/1998|''Mustanaamio'' #6]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France ===
*"Une invention sensationnelle", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 1|''Mandrake'' #1]] (1962)
*"Une invention sensationnelle", [[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 306|''Mandrake'' #306]] (1971)

=== [[Image:mini_india.gif]] India===
*"The Invisible Thief", [[The Phantom 5 (Egmont India)|''The Phantom'' #5]] (2000)

=== [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy ===
*"Un'invenzione sensazionale", [[Il Vascello 50 (second series)|''Il Vascello'' #50]] (1961)
*"Un'invenzione sensazionale", [[I Classici dell'Avventura 21|''I Classici dell'Avventura'' #21]] (1962)
*"Un'invenzione sensazionale", [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 27|''Mandrake'' #27]] (1967)
*"Un’invenzione sensazionale", [[New Comics Now 302|''Mandrake - New Comics Now'' #302]] and [[New Comics Now 318| #318]] (1993)

=== [[Image:Mini_nz.png]] New Zealand ===
*"The Invisible Thief", [[Mandrake the Magician 216 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #216'']] and [[Mandrake the Magician 217 (Feature Productions) |''Mandrake the Magician #217'']] (1959)

=== [[Image:mini_norway.gif]] Norway ===
*"Den usynlige tyven", [[Fantomet 5/1998|''Fantomet'' #5]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_portugal.gif]] Portugal ===
*"O Mistério do Homem Invisível", [[Ciclone 13|''Ciclone'' #13]] (1961)

=== [[Image:mini_spainunderfranco.gif]] [[Image:mini_spain.gif]] Spain ===
*"El Ladrón invisible", [[ Mandrake el Mago: Sundays pages 1956–1959 (Dolmen Editorial)]] (2021)

=== [[Image:mini_sweden.gif]] Sweden ===
*"Den osynlige tjuven", [[Fantomen 5/1998|''Fantomen'' #5]] (1998)

=== [[Image:mini_turkey.gif]] Turkey ===
*"Görünmeyen Hirsiz", [[Mandrake 225 (Tay)|''Mandrake'' #225]] & [[Mandrake 226 (Tay)| #226]] (1978)
*"Görünmeyen Hirsiz", [[Mandrake Albüm 73 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #73]] (1978)
*"Görünmeyen Hirsiz", [[Mandrake Albüm 154 (Tay)|''Mandrake Albüm'' #154]]

=== [[Image:mini_uk.gif]] United Kingdom ===
*"The Invisible Thief, [[Mandrake the Magician 19 (Miller)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #19]] (1962)

=== [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA ===
*"The Invisible Thief", [[The Missing Years 53|''The Missing Years'' #53]] (2006)

=== [[Image:mini_yugoslavia.png]] Yugoslavia ===
*"Невидљиви крадљивци"/"Nevidljivi kradljivci", [[Politikin Zabavnik 1010|''Politikin Zabavnik'' #1010]] (1971)

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